726 - Pablo Picasso (1881 Málaga – Mougins near Cannes 1973)

Pablo Picasso (1881 Málaga – Mougins near Cannes 1973) 3 sheets: Nude in Profile: Left-Handed – Woman with Leaves and Arabesque – Nude in Full Face: Right-Handed 3 etchings on handmade paper, vellum, and Japanese paper, respectively. (1947). Up to 33 x 20.5 cm. (Sheet size up to 36 x 33 cm). Each is a proof print not included in the edition. 2 sheets bearing the signature of the publisher Ilia Zdanevich, “Iliazd,” in the lower left and lower right corners, respectively, as well as handwritten annotations along the lower margin. All 3 sheets are for the illustrated book *Pismo* by Iliazd, 1948. Each is a proof in a different stage of printing: “Nu de profil: garde gauche” prior to the plate’s steel engraving, on ribbed handmade paper; “Femme aux feuilles et arabesque” prior to the plate’s steel engraving, on cream-colored vellum; “Nu de face: garde droite” after the plate was steel-etched, on sturdy Japanese paper. Baer 784 A (of C), Bloch 463 (“Nu de profil: garde gauche”); Baer 786 I A (from II), Bloch 465 and 466 (“Femme aux feuilles et arabesque”); Baer 788 B a (from C), Bloch 467 (“Nu de face: garde droite”). Provenance: Probably Galerie Berggruen; Atelier Herta Hausmann, on the reverse on a sheet bearing the dark blue stamp “Delavenne Lafarge – Sale of November 27, 1998 – Atelier Herta Hausmann”; Private collection, USA. Taxation: subject to regular taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).